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Alamance County Board of Commissioners Proclaimed October 23rd-31st, 2019 as “Red Ribbon Week” in Alamance County. Broadview Middle School Students, Chase Davis and Loriselle Acevedo pictured with the Board of Commissioners read the proclamation during their October 21st regular meeting.
Edit: Corrected Meeting Date
With the upcoming spring launch of the 2020 Census, Chair Amy Scott Galey of the Alamance County Board of Commissioners has convened a 2020 Census Executive Committee. This committee made up of community leaders will help lead the charge in ensuring that all Alamance County residents are counted in order to maximize both federal representation and federal dollars. The first meeting will take place at Impact Alamance (133 E. Davis St., Burlington) on Thursday, October 10, 2019, at 9am. Special guest Cara Townsend, regional coordinator for the North Carolina 2020 Census, will present how census information is used and its benefits to the
local community.
“Billions of dollars in federal funding as well as congressional seats are tied to census numbers, and it is vital that North Carolina is accurately represented.” said Chair Galey. “Community participation is crucial in the effort to count each resident living in the county. Our goal is to proactively develop solutions to increase our 2010 census participation rate of 78% as each person counted brings in $1,623 dollars of federal funding per year for ten years.”
Members of the County’s 2020 Census Executive Committee are:
For further information, please contact Marlena Isley, Alamance County GIS Director, at Marlena.Isley@alamance-nc.com.
Will White, will serve as Alamance County’s 4-H Youth Voice Delegate at the 2019 NC Association of County Commissioner’s Annual Conference. Youth Voice brings together teens from 4-H and the Boys and Girls Clubs of North Carolina. The annual event offers sessions on Friday and Saturday of the conference to help youth gain a better understanding of what their county governments do and the role of their County Commissioners as the governing body for their counties. The youths have the opportunity to connect with their county officials during the Youth Voice Breakfast on Saturday morning.
In order to qualify to attend the conference, the Youth Delegates must speak at a Board of County Commissioners meeting and submit a photo of themselves with their Board of Commissioners. Mr. White met his requirement when he spoke at the August 19thregular meeting and posed alongside County Commissioners.
Just a reminder there is no Commissioners’ Meeting scheduled for Monday, July 1st, the next regularly scheduled meeting is Monday, July 15th at 7:00 pm.
County Manager Bryan Hagood introduced the new Alamance County Capital Projects Website at the May 20, 2019 Board of Commissioners’ Meeting. The website includes capital and bond projects for Alamance-Burlington School System, Alamance Community College, and Alamance County Government Buildings and Courts. The website will also include project updates and progress reports as bond or capital projects move forward.
Please visit https://www.alamancecapitalprojects.com/ to view this information.
For questions, please contact Michelle Mills at Michelle.Mills@alamance-nc.com.
Official Notice of Public Hearing:
Proposed Budget of Alamance County
Fiscal Year 2019-2020
The Alamance County Manager has submitted his proposed budget for fiscal year 2019-20 to the Board of County Commissioners. A public hearing on the proposed budget ordinance in accordance with N.C.G.S. 159-12 will be held on Monday, May 20, 2019 at 7:00 pm in the Cummings High School Auditorium, 2200 N. Mebane St, Burlington, NC.
The proposed budget ordinance is available online on the Alamance County website: www.alamance-nc.com where it shall remain available until the budget ordinance is adopted. Copies are available in the offices of the Finance Officer and the Clerk to the Board for public inspection.
All interested citizens, groups, senior citizens and organizations representing the interest of county citizens are encouraged to attend and submit comments.
Disabled persons with special request for assistance, please contact the ADA Coordinator at (336) 570-4032, 48 hours prior to the meeting during normal business hours.
This the 9th day of May, 2019.
Tory M. Frink, CMC, NCMCC
Clerk, Alamance County Board of Commissioners
NOTICE OF MEETING LOCATION CHANGE FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 20, 2019
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Alamance County Board of Commissioners will hold their May 20th regularly scheduled meeting at 7:00 p.m. in the Cummings High School Auditorium, 2200 N. Mebane St, Burlington, NC. This is a change in location from their normal meeting location.
At the April 1, 2019 Board of Commissioners’ Meeting, Deputy Secretary for Human Services, Tara Myers, awarded Susan Osborne, past director of the Alamance County Department of Social Services, the Order of the Long Leaf Pine which is one of North Carolina’s most prestigious awards.
The Order of the Long Leaf Pine is awarded by the North Carolina Governor to those who have led distinguished careers and whose work has extraordinarily impacted both the state and their local communities.
Susan Osborne has worked in the human services field for more than 34 years and is actively involved in numerous committees and boards throughout North Carolina. Under her leadership, the Department of Social Services became one of the first local departments to implement the principles of System of Care which is a community-based service that builds relationships by partnering with
the parents who are involved in the child welfare system. This has led to a number of new partnerships and initiatives that focus on collectively working to provide processes, resources, and services to children, youth, and families in Alamance County.
She is also recognized as being the driving force in creating the Family Justice Center which centered on aligning support services in one location for victims of domestic violence. Additionally, she has played a key role in the Stepping Up Initiative which seeks to reduce the number of people with mental illness in jails. She and her team applied and received a three year federal grant that was instrumental in moving this initiative forward.
This morning the State of North Carolina, Alamance community leaders, and those Susan Osborne has served and worked with all celebrated and recognized her outstanding leadership and commitment to serving children and families in Alamance. As Alamance County Health Director Stacie Saunders wrote in her Letter of Support, ”She is an advocate, a cheerleader, a champion, a mentor, a learner, and most of all someone who cares about making her community better.”
Notice is hereby given that the Alamance County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing at its regular meeting on Monday, March 18th at 7:00 PM or as soon thereafter as the Board can receive citizen feedback on the current Alamance County Noise Ordinance. The public hearing will be held in the Commissioners’ Meeting Room, 2nd Floor of the County Office Building, 124 West Elm Street, Graham, NC.
The public is invited to attend and comment on the county’s current Noise Ordinance. There will be a limit of 5 minutes per public hearing speaker, depending on attendance. Disabled persons with special request for assistance, please contact the ADA Coordinator at (336) 570-4032 48 hours prior to the meeting during normal business hours.
This the 5th day of March, 2019.
Tory M. Frink Clerk to the Board
A Special Meeting will be conducted at 1:00pm on Thursday, February 14, 2019, in the County Commissioners’ Meeting Room, 124 W. Elm Street in Graham.
Due to the possible impending partial federal government shutdown, the Board of Commissioners will meet to discuss the renegotiated contract rates to hold U.S. Marshals and ICE detainees at the Alamance County Detention Facility. If approved, this will allow federal employees time to process the contracts and minimize the potential financial ramifications that could delay federal payment to Alamance County.
“A partial federal government shutdown has implications that affect agencies, local governments, and others,” said Chair Amy Scott Galey. “It is important for Alamance County to take the necessary steps to ensure that the County’s finances are handled appropriately during this time.”
At this Special Meeting the Board will review the U.S. Marshals contract that would pay $82.00 per day per detainee housed at the jail. The Board will also review the proposed ICE contract that would pay $135.00 per detainee per day with a guaranteed minimum of 30 beds for the first 30 days and 50 beds for the remaining 11 months. If the contracts are approved, the Board may also amend the current year’s budget to reflect how additional revenues may be spent.
“News outlets currently report that Congressional negotiators have reached an agreement to avoid a shutdown,” continued Chair Galey. “However, at this time, it appears that the President has not approved any compromise. Therefore, the Alamance County Board of Commissioners will plan to conduct a special meeting until the possibility of a federal shutdown has been resolved. If it becomes clear that there will be no shutdown, the special meeting will be canceled.”